Episode · The Book Review · 2024-04-05
Books mentioned on Looking Back at 50 Years of Stephen King
Grady Hendrix recommended 11/22/63 by Stephen King, Revival by Stephen King, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank redemption by Stephen King, Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King, Different Seasons by Stephen King, Apt Pupil by Stephen King, The Body by Stephen King, The Breathing Method by Stephen King, Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King, 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King, and The Shining by Stephen King, and discussed The Tommyknockers by Stephen King, The Stand by Stephen King, Carrie by Stephen King, Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King, Cujo by Stephen King, Pet Sematary by Stephen King, From a Buick 8 by Stephen King, The Colorado Kid by Stephen King, Bag of Bones by Stephen King, and Duma Key by Stephen King. Gilbert Cruz discussed On Writing by Stephen King and Roadwork by Stephen King. Damon Lindelof recommended The Long Walk by Stephen King.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Tommyknockers
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King is a science fiction horror novel about a Maine town slowly possessed by the gaseous emanations and technology of an ancient buried alien spaceship.
Discussed“and then like a lot of people in my generation there came a book known as the Tommy knockers and I was just up upset and disappointed and sad”
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On Writing
On Writing by Stephen King is a celebrated memoir and masterclass that blends the author's personal experiences with practical, no-nonsense advice for aspiring writers.
Discussed“if you've read the book his book on writing which is part Memoir and part sort of writing manual he recounts this story that has been told so many times”
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The Stand
Stephen King's monumental post-apocalyptic epic The Stand details the devastating sweep of a weaponized influenza strain that wipes out the vast majority of humanity, leaving survivors to choose sides in a final conflict between good and evil.
Discussed“if you read something like the stand those characters are really when you start that book those characters are some Thin grel”
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11/22/63
11/22/63 by Stephen King is a science fiction time-travel novel in which a high school teacher attempts to prevent the assassination of John F.
Recommended“I think a book like Revival or 112263 or girl who love Tom Gordon or these late career very recent in terms books I'd stack any of them up against carry The Shining the stand”
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Revival
Revival is a dark, haunting novel by Stephen King that explores obsession, faith, and the terrifying unknown, culminating in a chilling cosmic horror climax.
Recommended“I think a book like Revival or 112263 or girl who love Tom Gordon or these late career very recent in terms books I'd stack any of them up against carry The Shining the stand”
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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King is a gripping psychological thriller about a young girl named Trisha who gets lost in the remote wilderness and relies on her imagined conversations with Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon to keep her sane and alive.
Recommended“I think a book like Revival or 112263 or girl who love Tom Gordon or these late career very recent in terms books I'd stack any of them up against carry The Shining the stand”
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Roadwork
Discussed“one was a book about a high school students who takes over a class is that was that I think it was road work”
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Carrie
Carrie by Stephen King is the iconic 1974 horror debut novel about a tormented, telekinetic teenage girl who unleashes devastation at her high school prom after suffering years of relentless bullying.
Discussed“I mean look at Carrie the first thing that happens the girl has her period um you didn't see that in a lot of fiction at the time”
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Dolores Claiborne
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King is a psychological thriller and dark character study centered on a Maine housekeeper accused of murdering the wealthy elderly woman she cares for, while flashing back to abuse and survival.
Discussed“or Gerald's Game much more than Dolores Clayburn is a horror novel dor Clayburn I mean Jesus like is it hard yeah”
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Cujo
Cujo by Stephen King is a chilling horror novel about a once-gentle Saint Bernard that contracts rabies after being bitten by a bat, terrorizing a mother and her young son trapped inside a broken-down car.
Discussed“I mean look at Kujo right that's his book about fate uh Kujo is a good dog he just gets bitten by a bat it's not anyone's fault but he gets rabies”
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Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary by Stephen King is a dark horror novel about a grieving family that discovers a malevolent burial ground behind their home with the power to resurrect the dead.
Discussed“you never understand quite what the darkness and evil at the heart of pet cemetery say is but it is in there it is in the ground”
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From a Buick 8
From a Buick 8 by Stephen King is a dark, suspenseful novel centering on a mysterious, otherworldly car stored away by state troopers in rural Pennsylvania.
Discussed“you and I are both fans of a book called from a buck8 yes which is a book that came out in the the early 2000s”
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The Colorado Kid
Discussed“you look at the Colorado kid which is a book in which like basically it's all about a mystery and at the end the solution of the mystery is nobody knows”
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Bag of Bones
Discussed“so Duma key he wrote a book a few years earlier called bag of bones that's very similar and the plot description could fit both of them”
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Duma Key
Discussed“but Duma really gets overlooked I think King as he was recovering from this accident which was brutal and a really tough one this guy has had an accident in the book”
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Rita Hayworth and Shawshank redemption
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is a compelling novella by Stephen King that explores themes of hope, resilience, and institutional survival within the confines of a harsh prison system.
Recommended“but the Shaw Shank Rita Hayworth and the Shaw Shank Redemption the body which Stand By Me is based on and the breathing method are all fantastic novelas”
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Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King is a celebrated novella about hope, resilience, and endurance within an oppressive prison system, originally published in the collection Different Seasons.
Recommended“but the Shaw Shank Rita Hayworth and the Shaw Shank Redemption the body which Stand By Me is based on and the breathing method are all fantastic novelas”
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Different Seasons
Different Seasons by Stephen King is a celebrated 1982 collection of four distinct novellas that showcases the author's range far beyond traditional horror.
Recommended“so if you're curious about stevenh King and would like a gentle introduction I strongly suggest going to different seasons and reading one of his novelas I would skip app puple but the Shaw Shank Rita Hayworth and the Shaw Shank Redemption the body which Stand By Me is based on and the breathing method are all fantastic novelas”
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Apt Pupil
Apt Pupil is a dark novella by Stephen King included in his collection Different Seasons, focusing on a chilling relationship between a boy and a former Nazi war criminal.
Recommended“so if you're curious about stevenh King and would like a gentle introduction I strongly suggest going to different seasons and reading one of his novelas I would skip app puple”
Where to get it
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The Body
The Body by Stephen King is a celebrated coming-of-age novella included in the author's collection Different Seasons that follows a group of young boys searching for a missing body.
Recommended“but the Shaw Shank Rita Hayworth and the Shaw Shank Redemption the body which Stand By Me is based on and the breathing method are all fantastic novelas”
Where to get it
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The Breathing Method
The Breathing Method is a suspenseful and atmospheric novella by Stephen King that was originally published in the acclaimed 1982 collection Different Seasons.
Recommended“but the Shaw Shank Rita Hayworth and the Shaw Shank Redemption the body which Stand By Me is based on and the breathing method are all fantastic novelas”
Where to get it
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Full Dark, No Stars
Full Dark, No Stars is a collection of four dark and compelling novellas by renowned author Stephen King, exploring themes of retribution, morality, and ordinary people pushed to extremes.
Recommended“also he did full dark no stars which is four novellas that are also really quite good”
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'Salem's Lot
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King is a classic horror novel that follows a writer returning to a small Maine town that happens to be overrun by vampires.
Recommended“give them it or Salem's Lot which I know you're not a fan of but I think the girl who love Tom Gordon probably is something that is why adjacent probably is a good entry point”
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The Shining
The Shining by Stephen King is a classic psychological horror novel about a struggling writer descending into madness while caretaking an isolated winter hotel.
Recommended“The Shining I always think is sort of like the big rush of full that full Sten King experience”
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The Long Walk
The Long Walk is a dystopian thriller novel written by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, depicting a grueling annual walking competition where contestants face fatal consequences.
Recommended“but my favorite one the one that I love the most is actually a Bachman book and it's called The Long Walk”
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Other mentions in this episode (41) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and half a century after Stephen King's carry hit bookshelves he is still publishing more or less a book a year”
“this may we'll see his latest a collection of short fiction titled you like it darker which will be somewhere in the vicinity of his 80th book”
“as a reader I think I picked up it one of his longest books the one about you know Penny Wiis a clown when I was 10 years or so”
“when I think of all the books I could have been reading instead I mean I have yet to read the custom of the country for God's sakes”
“Grady Hendrick is the author of novels such as my best friend's exorcism the southern book club's guide to slay vampires and most recently how to sell a haunted house”
“Grady Hendrick is the author of novels such as my best friend's exorcism the southern book club's guide to slay vampires and most recently how to sell a haunted house”
“Grady Hendrick is the author of novels such as my best friend's exorcism the southern book club's guide to slay vampires and most recently how to sell a haunted house”
“my first book was horror store about a haunted Ikea and like I hadn't even signed a contract for that that was not even a gleam in anyone's eye”
“I did paperbacks from hell I had a couple of novels under my belt and so my life changed tremendously in those five years”
“you've got Carrie Dolores Clayburn it goes on at Le's Story I mean Kujo he and so character is the primary thing for him”
“you've got Carrie Dolores Clayburn it goes on at Le's Story I mean Kujo he and so character is the primary thing for him”
“you've got Carrie Dolores Clayburn it goes on at Le's Story I mean Kujo he and so character is the primary thing for him”
“you've got Carrie Dolores Clayburn it goes on at Le's Story I mean Kujo he and so character is the primary thing for him”
“and you can read on writing and learn about closing the door of your writing room or how many words you should write a day or don't use adverbs”
“and I feel like with King you have the Blazing Earth years when he was on the come up and you have books like The Shining and the stand”
“and I feel like with King you have the Blazing Earth years when he was on the come up and you have books like The Shining and the stand”
“I think a book like Revival or 112263 or girl who love Tom Gordon or these late career very recent in terms books I'd stack any of them up against carry The Shining the stand”
“I think a book like Revival or 112263 or girl who love Tom Gordon or these late career very recent in terms books I'd stack any of them up against carry The Shining the stand”
“I think a book like Revival or 112263 or girl who love Tom Gordon or these late career very recent in terms books I'd stack any of them up against carry The Shining the stand”
“and you probably know this when his editor at the time following Carrie King so The Story Goes presented him with two manuscripts”
“or Gerald's Game much more than Dolores Clayburn is a horror novel”
“I'm thinking naturally of The Shining I'm thinking of Carrie of course it Misery the stand sha Shank Redemption”
“I'm thinking naturally of The Shining I'm thinking of Carrie of course it Misery the stand sha Shank Redemption”
“I'm thinking naturally of The Shining I'm thinking of Carrie of course it Misery the stand sha Shank Redemption”
“I'm thinking naturally of The Shining I'm thinking of Carrie of course it Misery the stand sha Shank Redemption”
“I'm thinking naturally of The Shining I'm thinking of Carrie of course it Misery the stand sha Shank Redemption”
“I'm thinking naturally of The Shining I'm thinking of Carrie of course it Misery the stand sha Shank Redemption”
“at this point in his career he writes a cell he writes uh which is very much his reaction to 9/11 and the Bush Administration and all that”
“same as in bag of bones but Duma really gets overlooked”
“you for some reason seem to love a book called The Tommy knockers which is one of three books that he published in 1987 that year he also published misery and he published the second in his dark Towers series a book called the drawing of the three”
“you for some reason seem to love a book called The Tommy knockers which is one of three books that he published in 1987 that year he also published misery and he published the second in his dark Towers series a book called the drawing of the three”
“you rewr a bunch you stopped before a book called The Outsider which I think is fantastic”
“and my first memory of a Stephen King book it it had to be pet cemetery which I felt very proud of myself for pointing out was misspelled on the as it would turn out quite intentionally so”
“and he gave me fire starter which was my my Stephen King's starter he said this is the least scary of Stephen King's books but I think you'll like it”
“and then the second book I said I want now I want to read pet cemetery and my dad said still too scary”
“then he gave me Salem's Lot he was like this is a good Gateway into the scary stuff and I love Salem's Lot even more than I loved fir starter”
“and then after Salem's Lot I think I finally was allowed to read pet cemetery and then I read Carrie”
“and had read everything that he'd written including on writing which is like his most personal kind of like autobiographical that and Don mob oh this is who I am and so I had a sense of the guy”
“was this a character in The Regulators like what what like how deep of a are we doing here as you rightly pointed out feel like we could talk about the Dark Tower Forever on its own podcast”
“not unlike the running man but in a in an entirely different Universe than the Running Man is basically it takes place in a not too distant totalitarian authoritarian”
“it's just hardcore Straight Up brutal violence and yet profound and beautiful and sad and weird and deeply upsetting but that's my favorite that is a great choice it's just hardcore Straight Up brutal violence and yet profound and beautiful and sad and weird and deeply upsetting with the exception of thinner there's no sort of like hint of powers”